Roys’ Shaft is situated alongside the mineral railway to the northwest of Meadows. It is part of Area 3b of the Minera Reclamation Scheme, conducted by Wrexham Maelor Borough Council. The shaft remains capped, enclosed by a square stone wall, and sits among spoil heaps and dense vegetation between the mineral railway line and beneath the road to New Brighton.

The site was serviced by a mineral railway constructed in the 1850s. A 16-inch horizontal cylinder winding engine powered the site, serving both as a pumping engine and driving the crusher for the dressing floors. The dressing floors were located on-site, and the smelt works built at New Brighton in 1888 processed the extracted ore.

An old magazine is reportedly located in the woodland near SJ 2700 5110.

Site is underlain by Carboniferous Limestone, containing the Main Vein and Red Vein. Mining activity in the area included several named shafts, including Roys’ Shaft, Owen Jones, Brick, and Oldfields. By the late 19th century, the New Minera Lead Mining Company established a new smelt works at New Brighton in 1888.